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    Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Todd B. Marder

    Personal Data

    Name                  Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.Todd B. Marder, FRSC

    Address              Institut für Anorganische Chemie
                                Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
                                Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg

                               todd.marder@uni-wuerzburg.de

                                Tel. +49 (0) 931/31-85514
                                Fax +49 (0) 931/31-84622

    Date of Birth     14 November 1955

    University Education     

    1976-1981        Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, University of California at L.A. (UCLA),
                               with Prof. Dr. M. F. Hawthorne                 

    1972-1976        B.Sc. in Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
                               with Prof. Dr. A. Davison, FRS

    Employment

    since 2012       Professor (Chair) of Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry,
                               &
                              Co-Head, Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron,
                              Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany

                              Member of the Center for Nanosystems Chemistry
                              Member of the State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Photovoltaics and Photocatalysis
                              Member of the Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Research Center for Complex Materials Systems

    1999-2000       Head, "Structure, Bonding, Spectroscopy and Theory" Research Group

    1998-2003       Head, Inorganic Teaching Section

    1997-2012       Professor (Chair) of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Durham, UK

    1993-1997       Full Professor

    1989-1993       Associate Professor (tenured)

    1985-1989       Assistant Professor
                              Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Canada

    1983-1985       Visiting Research Scientist, E.I. DuPont DeNemours & Co. Inc., Central
                              Research and Development Department, USA

    1981-1983       Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Bristol, UK
                              (with Professor F.G.A. Stone, CBE, FRS)

    Research                                                                                                

    • Organometallic Chemistry (Metal boron complexes, synthesis of model catalytic intermediates
    • Conjugated organic, organoboron and organometallic materials for linear and nonlinear optics
    • Homogeneous Catalysis (Borylations including C-H bond functionalisation, palladium catalysed C-C bond formation)
    • Synthesis of small organic molecules which trigger stem cell differentiation (especially synthetic retinoids)
    • Non-covalent Interactions: Crystal Engineering and Liquid Crystal Behavior